Dando to Step Down from Chamber
Pat Dando announced that she will be leaving the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce after a six-year stint as head of the local group. “It’s time for a new chapter for me, personally and...
View ArticleDando Extends Stay as Chamber CEO
Pat Dando confirmed Wednesday that she will be extending her stay as CEO of the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce. Dando has held the role since the summer of 2005 and was expected to have...
View ArticleIs Pat Dando Passing the Chamber CEO Baton to Pete Constant?
Last week, Pat Dando, who announced back in December that she would be leaving her post as Chamber CEO at the end of this month, decided to extend her stay in office. Her stated reason is that she...
View ArticleMahood Takes Over as Chamber CEO
Matthew Mahood has been named the next president and CEO of the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce. Coming over from the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce, where he has held the lead role...
View ArticleChamber Invites Unions to the Party
While it might not signal a real truce in the endless, tedious factional conflict that is San Jose politics, the business community extended an olive branch to local unions last week. The setting was a...
View ArticleMeasure B Goes to Court Again
The legal battle everyone expected over Measure B’s passage began Wednesday, as the city filed for a federal judicial review (a.k.a. “declatory relief”) and attorneys representing police and...
View ArticleThe Great Minimum Wage War
The South Bay Labor Council held a kickoff party Tuesday night promoting the November ballot initiative to raise the city’s minimum wage to $10. While many expect the coming months of debate to be...
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Councilman Oliverio Dropped from Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio's former chief of staff dropped his name from a sexual harassment lawsuit filed last fall. However, Denelle Fedor, Oliverio's former campaign manager and policy aide, will...
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Chamber CEO Matt Mahood Joins Republican Exodus over Trump
Donald Trump’s many harangues against free trade and immigration—not to mention his rhetorical penchant for the sexist, racist and ad hominem barbs—has prompted an exodus from the party that nominated...
View ArticleFire With Fire
Considering how hard she’s been pushing for Measures V and W, former vice mayor Pat Dando might be having second thoughts about her star turn, back in 2000, in some San Jose Fire Fighter’s Union...
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